Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling
Emory University and Center for Israel Education
kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu
Meirav Arlozoroff, “Israel’s Population Is Growing at a Dizzying Rate. Is It Up for the Challenge?” Haaretz, January 4, 2021. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-israel-s-population-is-growing-at-a-dizzying-rate-is-it-up-for-the-challenge-1.9410043
Shlomo Avineri, “[YouTube video] Israeli Democracy: Historical Origins and Future Perspectives,” UCLA Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, January 13, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-2s5cck_eI Transcript https://israeled.org/shlomo-avineri-democracy-in-israel-past-present-and-future/
Dany Bahar, “The secret sauce behind Israel’s successful COVID-19 vaccination program,” Brookings Institute, January 5, 2021. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/01/05/the-secret-sauce-behind-israels-successful-covid-19-vaccination-program/
Rina Bassit, “Indian Jews bring traditional celebrations to Israel,” al-Monitor, January 2020. https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/01/israel-india-narendra-modi-benjamin-netanyahu-malida-jews.html
Ismail Bellaquali, “Jews in Morocco ‘already packing their suitcases’ for direct Israel flights,” Times of Israel, January 17, 2021. https://www.timesofisrael.com/jews-in-morocco-already-packing-their-suitcases-for-direct-israel-flights/
Ron Ben-Yishai, “Israel bracing for blows with Biden on Iran,” Ynet News, January 12, 2021. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/Sy4eMliAw
Ofra Bengio, “Great expectations: The Kurds of Iraq and President Biden,” Moshe Dayan Center, January 20, 2021. https://dayan.org/content/great-expectations-kurds-iraq-and-president-biden-opinion
Brian Blum, “13 Israeli startups that made waves at 2021’s virtual CES in Las Vegas,” Israel21c, January 14, 2021. https://www.israel21c.org/13-israeli-startups-that-made-waves-at-2021s-virtual-ces-in-las-vegas/
Hannah Brown, “Despite coronavirus, Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School thrives,” Jerusalem Post, January 27, 2021. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/despite-coronavirus-jerusalem-sam-spiegel-film-school-thrives-656924
Center for Israel Education, “The Impact of COVID-19 on Middle Eastern and North African Countries: A Curated Reading List, (250 plus entries going back to March 2020), https://israeled.org/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-middle-eastern-and-north-african-states-a-curated-reading-list/
Uri Dekel and Noa Shusterman, “The Palestinian Arena: Preserving the Status Quo or Seeking Change?,” INSS, January 2021. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/strategic-survey-palestinian-arena/
James Dorsey, “Saudi Arabia Is Sending Joe Biden Mixed Message,” BESA Center, January 21, 2021. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/saudi-arabia-joe-biden/
The Economist, “Emirati and Israeli bosses cannot wait to do business,” The Economist, January 2020. https://www.economist.com/business/2021/01/25/emirati-and-israeli-bosses-cannot-wait-to-do-business
Shira Efron, “Rising Temperatures, Rising Risks: Climate Change and Israel’s National Security,” INSS, January 4, 2021. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/climate-change-and-national-security/
Gadi Eisenkot, “Israel’s greatest threat is not Hamas or Iran, but political infighting,” Ynet News, December 31, 2020. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/HyXx2foTw
Michael Eisentadt, “Biden’s First 200 Days: The Security Agenda,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, January 20, 2021. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/bidens-first-200-days-security-agenda
Jonathan Ferzinger, “Israel’s Arabs May Help Netanyahu Avoid Trump’s Miserable Fate,” Foreign Policy, January 25, 2021. https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/25/israeli-arabs-netanyahu-nazareth-vote-election-trump/
Ben Fishman, “Jordan Must Be Included in Future Israeli-Arab Normalization Deals,” National Interest, January 3, 2021. https://nationalinterest.org/feature/jordan-must-be-included-future-israeli-arab-normalization-deals-175277
Gallup Polls, “American Sympathy Toward Israel and the Arabs/Palestinians,” (June 1967- February 2020), Jewish Virtual Library, https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/gallup-polls-on-american-sympathy-toward-israel-and-the-arabs-palestinians
Manfred Gerstenfeld, “Conspiracy Theories Are an Integral Part of Western Culture,” BESA Center, January 27, 2021. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/conspiracy-theories/
Tamar Herman and Yohanon Plesner, “IDI’s 2020 Democracy Index: Public Trust, Social Solidarity and Democracy in Danger,” Israel Democracy Institute, January 11, 2021. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/33415
Tamar Herman and Yohanon Plesner, “IDI’s 2020 Democracy Index: Erosion in Israelis’ Assessment of Police,” Israel Democracy Institute, January 11, 2021. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/33420
Tamar Herman and Yohanon Plesner, “IDI’s 2020 Democracy Index: Jewish Israelis Prefer That Matters of War and Peace be Decided by Jewish Majority,” Israel Democracy Institute, January 11, 2021. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/33423
I24News, “[Youtube Video] Peace Between Israel and Morocco Through Music,” i24News, January 26, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uT9d88Pt7g
Ephraim Inbar, “Iran and Israel: The Inevitable War?” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, January 6, 2021. https://jiss.org.il/en/inbar-iran-and-israel-the-inevitable-war/
Jerusalem Post Editorial Board, “Israel Elections: The Arab vote’s short-term, long-term significance,” Jerusalem Post, January 14, 2020. https://www.jpost.com/opinion/israel-elections-the-arab-votes-short-term-long-term-significance-655512
Jack Khoury, “Israeli Arabs Explain Why They Might Vote Netanyahu,” Haartetz, February 2, 2021. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-israeli-arabs-explain-why-they-vote-netanyahu-1.9503755
Ardavan Khoshnood, “What Will Happen When Khamenei Dies?” BESA Center, January 14, 2021. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/when-khamenei-dies/
Abigail Klein Leichman, “Major winemaker taps into Israeli grape-growing intel,” Israel21c, January 31, 2021.
Abigail Klein Leichman, “Special Olympics Israel to transform accessible healthcare,” Israel21c, January 31, 2021. https://www.israel21c.org/special-olympics-israel-to-transform-accessible-healthcare/
Yossi Kupperwasser, “Iran Is Projecting Its Power to Pressure Biden Into a Deal. But Iran Is Actually in Distress, and That Needs to Be Exploited,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, January 11, 2021. https://jcpa.org/iran-is-projecting-its-power-to-pressure-biden-into-a-deal-but-iran-is-actually-in-distress-and-that-needs-to-be-exploited/
Ephraim Lavie, Meir Elran, Khader Sawaed and Yousef Makladeh, “The Arab Public and the Forthcoming Knesset Elections: Between Public Pragmatism and Nationalist Dogmatism,” INSS, January 21, 2021. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/israeli-arabs-and-the-24th-elections/?utm_source=activetrail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=INSS%20Insight%20No.%201429
Tess Levy, “First Israeli novel translated into Moroccan Arabic,” Israel21c, Janaury 26, 2021. https://www.israel21c.org/first-israeli-novel-translated-into-moroccan-arabic/
Gad Lior, “Israel’s poverty rate rises as standard of living crashes, report finds,” Ynet News, January 21, 2021. https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/SyxaYXwJO
David Makovksy, “Building Bridges for Peace U.S. Policy Toward Arab States, Palestinians, and Israel,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, January 26, 2021. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/building-bridges-peace-us-policy-toward-arab-states-palestinians-and-israel
Gerri Miller, “Shira Haas & Israeli Filmmakers Appear at Virtual Film Festival,” Jewish Journal, January 17, 2021. https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/327545/shira-haas-israeli-filmmakers-appear-at-virtual-film-festival/
Padraig Muldoon, “Poll results: Israel’s Eden Alene is your favourite Eurovision 2021 act so far,” Wiwi Bloggs, January 30, 2021. https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/01/30/poll-results-israels-eden-alene-is-your-favourite-eurovision-2021-act-so-far-30-january/261074/
Raphael Nagel, “The COVID-19 economy has become central to Israel’s election,” Jerusalem Post, January 11, 2021. https://www.jpost.com/opinion/the-covid-19-economy-has-become-central-to-israels-election-opinion-655081
Jacques Neriah, “An Israeli Official’s Meeting with Moroccan King Hassan II in 1993,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, January 12, 2021. https://jcpa.org/an-israeli-officials-meeting-with-moroccan-king-hassan-ii-in-1993/
Jocelyn Noveck, “Documentary highlights the ‘Human Factor’ in Israel-Palestinian peace talks,” Times of Israel, January 22, 2021. https://www.timesofisrael.com/documentary-highlights-the-human-factor-in-israel-palestinian-peace-talks/
Gaith al-Omari, “Will the Palestinian Election Decree Produce Actual Elections?” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, January 26, 2021. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/will-palestinian-election-decree-produce-actual-elections
Ashley Perry, “5 rules for winning an Israeli election – opinion,” Jerusalem Post, January 28, 2021. https://www.jpost.com/opinion/5-rules-for-winning-an-israeli-election-opinion-657089
Redação (Brazil), “Meet the 19-year-old Israeli Model [Yael Shelbia] Named the Most Beautiful Woman in the World,” L’Officiel, January 5, 2021. https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop-culture/most-beautiful-woman-in-world-yael-shelbia
Haviv Retig Gur, “Israel’s coming election may be decided on the religious right,” Times of Israel, Janaury 18, 2021. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-coming-election-may-be-decided-on-the-religious-right/
Paul Rivlin, “The Impact of Covid-19 and Conflict on Middle Eastern Economies,” Moshe Dayan Center, January 21, 2021. https://dayan.org/content/impact-covid-19-and-conflict-middle-eastern-economies
Dennis Ross, “The Coming Iran Nuclear Talks: Openings and Obstacles,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, January 5, 2021. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/coming-iran-nuclear-talks-openings-and-obstacles
Felicia Schwartz, “As Israel’s Right Splinters, Netanyahu Is Challenged by Former Protégé [Gideon Saar],” Wall Street Journal, January 28, 2021. https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-israels-right-splinters-netanyahu-is-challenged-by-former-protege-11611850704
David Siddhartha Patel, “The Egyptian Revolution, 10 Years On: A Conversation with Youssef El Chazli, Hannah Elsisi, and Neil Ketchley,” Brandeis’ Crown Center for Middle East Studies, January 28, 2021. https://www.brandeis.edu/crown/publications/crown-conversations/cc-5.html
Shoshana Solomon, “Israeli startup Aleph Farms, Mitsubishi team up to bring cultured steak to Japan,” Times of Israel, January 5, 2021. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-startup-aleph-farms-mitsubishi-team-up-to-bring-cultured-steak-to-japan/
Ken Stein “[YouTube Video] Option’s and Realities for Biden’s Foreign Policy in the Middle East,” Center for Israel and Education and the Temple, Atlanta, GA, January 15, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4jMHIwvOLI&feature=youtu.be Transcript available at https://israeled.org/options-and-realities-for-bidens-foreign-policy-in-the-middle-east/
Jessica Steinberg, “Tuning into the Israeli experience, one culturally loaded lyric at a time,” Times of Israel, January 9, 2021. https://www.timesofisrael.com/tuning-into-the-israeli-experience-one-culturally-loaded-lyric-at-a-time/
Jennifer Vinyard, “In ‘Losing Alice,’ Ayelet Zurer Burns It All Down,” New York Times, January 26, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/arts/television/losing-alice-ayelet-zurer.html
Stuart Winer, “Haredi population growing twice as fast as overall Israeli population,” Times of Israel, December 31, 2021. https://www.timesofisrael.com/haredi-population-growing-twice-as-fast-as-total-israeli-population-report/
Tamar Wittes, “What to do – and what not to do – in the Middle East,” Brookings Institution, January 25, 2021, https://www.brookings.edu/research/what-to-do-and-what-not-to-do-in-the-middle-east/
Raoul Wootliff, “Ex-commando, social activist, Reform rabbi take top slots in Labor primary,” Times of Israel, February 2, 2021. https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-general-social-activist-reform-rabbi-take-top-slots-in-labor-primary/
Ynet News, “Pelosi quotes Israeli poet Ehud Manor in plea to impeach Trump,” Ynet News, January 13, 2021. https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/r1bwkuhAw